Biography:
Ben Folds Five is a trio formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States in 1994, who until their breakup in 2000 were a mainstay of Piano rock. Much of their work was influenced by jazz, evident in frequent improv-styled passages through bridge and/or ending.
The members of the band are Ben Folds, the lead singer and pianist, who also wrote most of the songs; Robert Sledge on bass; and Darren Jessee on drums. The group enjoyed the success of the single Brick in 1997
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Other songs:
- Brick
- Do It Anyway
- Draw A Crowd
- Fred Jones Part 2
- Landed
- Magic
- Not The Same
- The Luckiest
- Air
- Alice Childress
- Annie Waits
- Army
- Away When You Were Here
- Bad Idea
- Battle Of Who Could Care Less
- Best Imitation
- Bizarre Christmas Incident
- Boxing
- Cigarette
- Dont Change Your Plans
- Eddie Walker
- Emaline
- Erase Me
- Evaporated
- Fired
- Hold That Thought
- Hospital Song
- House
- Jackson Cannery
- Julianne
- Just Pretend
- Kate
- Leather Jacket
- Lonely Christmas Eve
- Luckiest
- Lullabye
- Mess
- Michael Praytor Five Years Later
- Missing The War
- Narcolepsy
- On Being Frank
- One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces
- One Down
- Philosophy
- Rain Drops Keep Falling
- Red Is Blue
- Rockstar
- Selfless Cold And Composed
- She Dont Use Jelly
- Silver Street
- Sky High
- Smoke
- Song For The Dumped
- Stevens Last Night In Town
- Stumblin Home Winter Blues
- The Ascent Of Stan
- The Last Polka
- Twin Falls
- Underground
- Video
- War
- Wheres Summer B
- Your Redneck Past
- Youve Got To Learn To Live With What You Are
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On Being Frank by Ben Folds Five
from the album "The Sound of the Life of the Mind" (2012)
INTRO:
Gmaj9 C/D
Gmaj9 C/D
VERSE:
G D/G Am/G
I had it all, or should I say I saw it all?
Em Bm Em Bm
And it's a long way from the dustbin of New Jersey to the top
Am Fmaj7
Who would have known?
Dsus4 D
Who would have known
G D/G Am/G
I had a dream, but dreams had other plans for me
Em Bm
For 30 years I set the thermostat
Em Bm
Where Frank Sinatra liked it,
Am Em
Pulled his girls and hung his hats
Am Em
I never knew which ones were mine
Bm D D7
Now he's gone, and I'm alone
CHORUS:
G
And I don't know where I might be going
Bm
I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing
Am
Set me on the roadside coming home
D Em C D
But home, for me was always someone else you know
Em C D
That shadows always fall, when the sun goes down
Gmaj9 C/D
Gmaj9 C/D
VERSE:
G D/G Am/G
I shook the hands, mafia dons and presidents
Em Bm
And though they always smile politely
Em Bm
With a measure of decorum
Am Em
Still their eyes would scan beyond me
Am Em
For a glimpse of something more
Bm
But now he's gone,
D D7
Now they're gone
CHORUS:
G
And I don't know where I might be going
Bm
I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing
Am
Set me on the roadside coming home
D Em C D
But home, for me was always someone else you know
Em C D
That shadows always fall, when the sun goes down
Gmaj9 C/D
Gmaj9 C/D
PIANO SOLO:
G D/G Am/G
Em Bm Em Bm
Am Fmaj7 D
BRIDGE:
D Em C D
Alone, the shadow of a star, don't you know
Em C D
That shadows always fall, yeah shadows always fall,
When the sun goes down
CHORUS:
G
And I don't know where I might be going
Bm
I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing
Am
Set me on the roadside coming home
D Em C D
And home, for me was always someone else you know
OUTRO:
Em C D
Em C D
Em C D
Em C D
from the album "The Sound of the Life of the Mind" (2012)
INTRO:
Gmaj9 C/D
Gmaj9 C/D
VERSE:
G D/G Am/G
I had it all, or should I say I saw it all?
Em Bm Em Bm
And it's a long way from the dustbin of New Jersey to the top
Am Fmaj7
Who would have known?
Dsus4 D
Who would have known
G D/G Am/G
I had a dream, but dreams had other plans for me
Em Bm
For 30 years I set the thermostat
Em Bm
Where Frank Sinatra liked it,
Am Em
Pulled his girls and hung his hats
Am Em
I never knew which ones were mine
Bm D D7
Now he's gone, and I'm alone
CHORUS:
G
And I don't know where I might be going
Bm
I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing
Am
Set me on the roadside coming home
D Em C D
But home, for me was always someone else you know
Em C D
That shadows always fall, when the sun goes down
Gmaj9 C/D
Gmaj9 C/D
VERSE:
G D/G Am/G
I shook the hands, mafia dons and presidents
Em Bm
And though they always smile politely
Em Bm
With a measure of decorum
Am Em
Still their eyes would scan beyond me
Am Em
For a glimpse of something more
Bm
But now he's gone,
D D7
Now they're gone
CHORUS:
G
And I don't know where I might be going
Bm
I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing
Am
Set me on the roadside coming home
D Em C D
But home, for me was always someone else you know
Em C D
That shadows always fall, when the sun goes down
Gmaj9 C/D
Gmaj9 C/D
PIANO SOLO:
G D/G Am/G
Em Bm Em Bm
Am Fmaj7 D
BRIDGE:
D Em C D
Alone, the shadow of a star, don't you know
Em C D
That shadows always fall, yeah shadows always fall,
When the sun goes down
CHORUS:
G
And I don't know where I might be going
Bm
I heard the wind, the wind stopped blowing
Am
Set me on the roadside coming home
D Em C D
And home, for me was always someone else you know
OUTRO:
Em C D
Em C D
Em C D
Em C D
Ben Kweller
Ben L'oncle (...)
Ben Lee
Ben Locket
Ben Mazué
Benito Lertxundi
Benj Pasek
Benjamin Amadeo
Benjamin Biolay
Benjamin Francis (...)